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%%  A DANTE-Edition example
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%%  Example 20-01-1 on page 304.
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%%  Copyright (C) 2011 Herbert Voss
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%%  of this license or (at your option) any later version.
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%%  See http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt for details.
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% Show page(s) 1
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\documentclass[]{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength\textwidth{201.70511pt}
\setlength\parindent{0pt}
\usepackage{pstricks}
\def\Markierung{%
  \psset{linewidth=0.2pt}
  \psline[arrowscale=2,tbarsize=3mm]{|<->|}%
     (4.5,3.5)(4.5,4.5)
  \psline[linestyle=dashed](3.25,4.5)(4.5,4.5)
  \psline[linestyle=dashed](2.75,3.5)(4.5,3.5)
}

\usepackage{pst-coil}

\begin{document}
\begin{pspicture}(0,-5)(5,5)
  \pscoil(0,4)(3.5,4)
  \uput*[0](3.5,4){coilwidth}
  \pscoil[coilwidth=0.75cm](0,2.6)(3.6,2.6)
  \uput*[0](3.5,2.6){0.75cm}
  \pscoil[coilwidth=0.5cm](0,1.8)(3.5,1.8)
  \uput*[0](3.5,1.8){0.50cm}
  \pscoil[coilwidth=0.25cm](0,1.2)(3.5,1.2)
  \uput*[0](3.5,1.2){0.25cm}
  \pscoil*[coilwidth=0.5cm](0,0.5)(3.5,0.5)
  \uput*[0](3.5,0.5){0.50cm}
  \Markierung
\end{pspicture}
\end{document}